Skills in Clinical Nursing + Clinical Reasoning

• Unit 1 Infection Control
• Section 1.1 Introduction
• Section 1.2 Hand hygiene
• Section 1.3 Using personal protective equipment
• Section 1.4 Standard and transmission-based precautions
• Section 1.5 Gowning and gloving
• Section 1.6 Aseptic technique
• Unit 2 Safe patient moving
• Section 2.1 Introduction
• Section 2.2 Mobility and falls risk assessment
• Section 2.3 Helping a person out of bed
• Section 2.4 Assisting with mobilization
• Section 2.5 Turning or moving a dependent person
• Section 2.6 Using a lifting device
• Unit 3 Health Assessment
• Section 3.1 Introduction
• Section3.2 Examination Techniques
• Section 3.3 Assessing Vital Signs
• Section 3.4 Primary Survey
• Section 3.5 Secondary Survey
• Section 3.6 Diagnostic Testing
• Unit 4 Hygiene Care
• Section 4.1 Introduction
• Section 4.2 Bed-bathing a dependent person
• Section 4.3 Assisting with showering
• Section 4.4 Oral care
• Unit 5 Skin and Wound Care
• Section 5.1 Introduction
• Section 5.2 Pressure injury assessment
• Section 5.3 Wound assessment
• Section 5.4 Simple wound dressing
• Section 5.5 Wound irrigation
• Section 5.6 Wound packing and/or removal of pack
• Section 5.7 Wound drainage care
• Section 5.8 Staples/sutures/clip removal
• Unit 6 Medication administration
• Section 6.1 Introduction
• Section 6.2 Oral medication administration
• Section 6.3 Topical medication administration
• Section 6.4 Medication administration via enteral tubes
• Section 6.5 Rectal medication administration
• Section 6.6 Subcutaneous medication administration
• Section 6.7 Intramuscular medication administration
• Section 6.8 Intravenous medication administration (bolus and burette)
• Unit 7 Pain Management
• Section 7.1 Introduction
• Section 7.2 Pain assessment
• Section 7.3 Patient controlled analgesia
• Section 7.4 Non-pharmacological pain management
• Unit 8 Perioperative Nursing Skills
• Section 8.1 Introduction
• Section 8.2 Preparing a person for surgery
• Section 8.3 Post-operative care
• Unit 9 Gastrointestinal nursing skills
• Section 9.1 Introduction
• Section 9.2 Abdominal assessment
• Section 9.3 Assisting with feeding
• Section 9.4 Nasogastric tube insertion and removal
• Section 9.5 Enteral feeds
• Section 9.6 Changing a stoma appliance
• Section 9.7 Administration of an enema
• Unit 10 Genitourinary nursing skill
• Section 10.1 Introduction
• Section 10.2 Urinary assessment
• Section 10.3 Urinary elimination
• Section 10.4 Catheter management
• Unit 11 Cardiovascular nursing skills
• Section 11.1 Introduction
• Section 11.2 Cardiovascular assessment
• Section 11.3 Taking a 12 lead electrocardiograph
• Section 11.4 Cardiac monitoring
• Section 11.5 Basic life support
• Section 11.6 Advanced life support
• Section 11.7 Venipuncture
• Section 11.8 Managing intravenous lines
• Section 11.9 Administering intravenous fluid therapy
• Section 11.10 Administering blood component therapy
• Section 11.11 Managing central lines
• Unit 12 Respiratory nursing
• Section 12.1 Introduction
• Section 12.2 Respiratory assessment
• Section 12.3 Deep breathing and coughing exercises
• Section 12.4 Incentive spirometry
• Section 12.5 Providing oxygen
• Section 12.6 Use of a nebulizer
• Section 12.7 Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning
• Section 12.8 Tracheostomy care
• Unit 13 Neurological nursing skills
• Section 13.1 Introduction
• Section 13.2 Neurological assessment
• Section 13.3 Neurovascular assessment
• Unit 14 Mental health nursing skills
• Section 14.1 Introduction
• Section 14.2 Mental health assessment
• Section 14.3 Caring for a person having Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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• Chapter 1 Clinical reasoning: What it is and why it matters
  Tracy Levett-Jones
• Chapter 2 Caring for a person experiencing an adverse drug event
  Tracy Levett-Jones and David Newby
• Chapter 3 Caring for a person with fluid and electrolyte imbalance
  Tracy Levett-Jones and Peter Sinclair
• Chapter 4 Caring for a person experiencing pain
  Tracy Levett-Jones and Caroline Phelan
• Chapter 5 Caring for a child with type 1 diabetes
  Loretto Quinney, Kerry Reid-Searl, Veronica Mills and Bree Walker
• Chapter 6 Caring for a person experiencing respiratory distress and hypoxia
  Kerry Hoffman, Amanda Wilson and Vanessa Mcdonald
• Chapter 7 Caring for a person with a cardiac condition
  Kerry Hoffman, Amanda Wilson and Lindsay Savage
• Chapter 8 Caring for a person with an acquired brain injury
  Kerry Hoffman, Nathan Haining and Amanda Wilson
• Chapter 9 Caring for a person receiving blood component therapies
  Elizabeth Newman and Kerry Hoffman
• Chapter 10 Caring for a person with sepsis
  Natalie Govind and Marcia Ingles
• Chapter 11 Caring for a challenging patient with a dual diagnosis
  Teresa Stone and Rachel Rossiter
• Chapter 12 Caring for a person with a complex and chronic health condition
  Rachel Rossiter and Teresa Stone
• Chapter 13 Caring for a person experiencing an acute psychotic episode
  Anna Treloar and Peter Ross
• Chapter 14 Caring for an older person with altered cognition
  Sharyn Hunter, Frances Dumont and Jacqui Culver
• Chapter 15 Caring for a person with a disability
  Stephen Guinea, Jessica Mckirkle and Christine Imms
• Chapter 16 Caring for a person requiring palliative care
  Pamela Van Der Riet and Victoria Pitt
• Chapter 17 Caring for a person who is refusing treatment
  Lorinda Palmer

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